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and gender equality?
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Gender Equality.”
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C. The Me Too Movement went viral on Twitter.
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D. A ban on transgender people serving openly in the military was reinstated.
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Ans: D
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movements, and systems of power, privilege, and inequality.
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Answer Location: Sex and Gender
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Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
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Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
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Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
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shape the experience and expression of sex and gender.
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shape the experience and expression of sex and gender.
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Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
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B. The United Nations endorsed an initiative called “Planet 50-50 by 2030: Step It Up for
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Gender Equality.”
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C. The Me Too Movement went viral on Twitter.
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D. A ban on transgender people serving openly in the military was reinstated.
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Ans: D
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movements, and systems of power, privilege, and inequality.
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Cognitive Domain: Knowledge q q
Answer Location: Sex and Gender
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Difficulty Level: Easy
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Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
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Answer Location: Sex and Gender
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Difficulty Level: Easy
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3. To address the ambiguity of biological and social causes of sex differences, Alice
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Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
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Answer Location: Sex and Gender
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Difficulty Level: Medium
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shape the experience and expression of sex and gender.
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Answer Location: Sex and Gender
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Difficulty Level: Easy
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Answer Location: Sex and Gender
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shape the experience and expression of sex and gender.
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Answer Location: The Sex and Gender Binaries
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Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
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